Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12987

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Dr Donal Brown, Sustainable Design Collective Ltd

Rhiannon Hardiman, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner

Christopher Jofeh, Welsh Government Independent Implementation Group on Residential Decarbonisation

Catherine May, CIH Cymru

Andy Regan, Nesta

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2       Decarbonising the private housing sector - evidence session 1

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sustainable Design Collective Ltd, and the Chair of the Welsh Government’s Independent Implementation Group on the Decarbonisation of Existing Housing.

2.2 In accordance with Standing Order 17.24A, Janet Finch-Saunders and Huw Irranca-Davies MS made declarations of relevant interests.

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3       Decarbonising the private housing sector - evidence session 2

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru, and, NESTA.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Scrutiny of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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4.2   Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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4.3   Digital connectivity

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4.4   Interim environmental protection measures

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4.5   Inter-ministerial Group (IMG) for Housing, Local Government and Communities

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4.6   The Feminist Scorecard 2022

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Decarbonising the private housing sector - consideration of evidence heard under items 2 and 3

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard during evidence sessions 2 and 3.

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7       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

7.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report, subject to a few minor amendments.

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8       Consideration of the Committee's Forward Work Programme

8.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme.

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